Public Housing Authority Won't Have to Pay for Security Patrols

New York's public housing authority is being relieved of $52.5 million it owes the city for some 2,000 officers who patrol its campuses, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, marking a shift in the city's relationship with the troubled agency.

Mr. de Blasio said in announcing his 2015 preliminary budget that he plans to eliminate the money that the New York City Housing Authority owes to the New York Police Department for the rest of...